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Man that opening fight scene with the 501st was wicked. Too bad 2 witches were missing but the old gang will be back together soon. Decent first episode looks the Nueoi powers that be were happy with the job the others were task to do. They sent out the big boys this time.

BTW: Does anyone know if the insignia shown at the end credits are available anywhere online in a clear format? I'm kind of wanting to make waterslide decals/stickers of Minna's insignia, shown here, but without the ED credits text (and of better quality).

On the episode: I actually found the first few minutes the most impressive of the episode. A Neuroi firing on another Neuroi throws a huge doubt on our lengthy 'Nice Neuroi Witch' debates. Looks like there are different factions within the Neuroi? Now I'm curious.

Actually, I'm pretty sure theyre just Zeros, cause after some inspection, I noticed that the lead Witch in the formation is from fuso, while the other 2 are from... whatever the equivalent to Germany is in Strike Witches, I totally dont remember at this point. Anyway, the same could be true for the JU52 and its escorts (Fuso and 'Germany'). If you pause as the planes are falling out of formation, you can see reddish marks under the wings... and besides, the fuselage shapes of the aircraft are very distinctive of zeros..... Imho. On the left-most fighter, you can see that the cockpit glass drops rather steeply into the fuselage, much like the zero... SO THATS MY THEORY.

I know i should bonk myself against the wall for being so preoccupied with tiny details hahaha~

It was a joke lol. And yeah, count me in on the tiny details too

I mean look at us! In an anime full of pretty girls with their bottoms half covered, we're talking about the bloody airplane I'm no longer the lolitron!

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Originally Posted by Bluejay

Actually, I'm pretty sure theyre just Zeros, cause after some inspection, I noticed that the lead Witch in the formation is from fuso, while the other 2 are from... whatever the equivalent to Germany is in Strike Witches, I totally dont remember at this point. Anyway, the same could be true for the JU52 and its escorts (Fuso and 'Germany'). If you pause as the planes are falling out of formation, you can see reddish marks under the wings... and besides, the fuselage shapes of the aircraft are very distinctive of zeros..... Imho. On the left-most fighter, you can see that the cockpit glass drops rather steeply into the fuselage, much like the zero... SO THATS MY THEORY.

Well, it doesn't seem to have the belly intake, also in all aircraft as they flew away from the viewer, the canopy slopes downward into the fuselage, and probably difficult to see, but the tailplane's of the aircraft are situated near the extreme end of the aircraft, whereas the Zero has it about a foot or two from the end of the aircraft.

I'll be completely honest here, I have no idea what the airplane is. For all we know it could be a mix and mash of tech

I literally LOL'd at the 'new striker unit' for Fuso. Kinda funny how the entirety of real life Japanese Zeroes were basically annihilated by the Wildcats and Hellcats from Long Islang (Grumman). It would probably have been their dream to upgrade as easily as Miyafuji did.

As for the animation, I just love how the clouds look this time around. Just an amazing sense of flight even when it's so absurd as a premise.

Also, I wonder exactly how many Strike Witch girls we'll see by the end of the series. Looks like there's easily a dozen new girls so far.

The single engined fighters behind the Ju 52 were Macchi 205's, you can tell this by the cowling around the inline engine, the angular intake below the body, the shape of the cockpit(and how its not flush to the tail of the plane), and the triangluar radio mast running from the cockpit to the vertical stabilizer.

Another interesting thing is how they (and the A5M trainers in episode 2 of the first season) are aircraft that do not have strikers based on them.

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Originally Posted by Bluejay

Actually, I'm pretty sure theyre just Zeros, cause after some inspection, I noticed that the lead Witch in the formation is from fuso, while the other 2 are from... whatever the equivalent to Germany is in Strike Witches, I totally dont remember at this point. Anyway, the same could be true for the JU52 and its escorts (Fuso and 'Germany'). If you pause as the planes are falling out of formation, you can see reddish marks under the wings... and besides, the fuselage shapes of the aircraft are very distinctive of zeros..... Imho. On the left-most fighter, you can see that the cockpit glass drops rather steeply into the fuselage, much like the zero... SO THATS MY THEORY.

The witches of the 504th squadron in the eyecatch? Aircraft with radial engines like a Zero did have a very distinct look.

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Originally Posted by SuperKnuckles

I literally LOL'd at the 'new striker unit' for Fuso. Kinda funny how the entirety of real life Japanese Zeroes were basically annihilated by the Wildcats and Hellcats from Long Islang (Grumman). It would probably have been their dream to upgrade as easily as Miyafuji did.

As for the animation, I just love how the clouds look this time around. Just an amazing sense of flight even when it's so absurd as a premise.

Also, I wonder exactly how many Strike Witch girls we'll see by the end of the series. Looks like there's easily a dozen new girls so far.

The new striker that Mio has is based on a real japanese fighter used in the war, just the same as the strikers based on Zero's.

Hopefully we will at least see the witches that were shown in the [The Sky that Connects Us] manga.